davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30
A Cruel Sport.

singularly cruel sport, called Goat"
Is affected by the Afghan Cavalry, accord
ing to a correspondent with the Afghan
Boundary Commission, who writes: 1T
consists of one man selling goat, and
riding off with if, followed by all the
rest, who try to get hold of the unfortu-
nate animal, and tearing off us big IA
piece as they can. This continues until
the goat is torn to pieces, and the man
who has obtained the largest portion wins
the game. The game is played for a
certain stated time, and the one who has
the goat at the moment time is called is
the winner. The way the men playing
use their whips on each other and on
thelr own and their adversarics' horses is
caution. The game, as usually played,
must be very cruel one, as the goat is
seized while alive. but at Shandian the
poor beast was killed beforehand-a
much more merciful proceeding. The
man who carries the goat has bad time
81 :. 1t, and il is not an easy matter to hold
II on the saddle by putting the hind legs
under one thigh. and going off at gal
oP; with the carcass hanging the tanks
OF his horse"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30

\ Skin Disease.-The /" Democrat and News, u
of Cambridge, Maryland, says: Mrs. ELIZA
l ANN POOLE, wife of Leonard Poole, of WI
of bad case of Eczema by using DIR. Picrcc'e
i Golden Medical Discovery. The disease ap-
peared first IN her feet, extended to the knees
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30
Extra Liability to MaIarInI Infection.

Persons whose hood is thin, digestion weak
and liver sluggish are eXtri-liabe 10 IA. at
tacks OF mslarial disease. Tho most trihing
exposure may, under such conditions. infect
system which, il healthy, would re f., the M
a,mat:c ia mt. The only way TO secure immu-
nifty from malaria in localities where i, j.
prevalent, Is t. .ont and regulate the System
by mp owing weakened disc ,tIon. enrit h uS
hillary secretion. Thes- r"sl;~ are arc m
pi'hed by not Iin- 80 effectively ID. Ho>teiicr'~
stomach BItterS, which B. n cNI erieGcc hd-
proved To be the mCst rc!.ails >afeg AID
against fever and ague AID kindrrI di-nrdc s
80 well a. the be rem ~ or II en-. The r =
ttr> az moreover a exec le 4 inv sorart ~
IA organs ot urinati0n, and an active dcpU.-
nj, eliminst NJ from the hood those a"Ii@
.apurit e. which originate rheumatic ali
ems.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The bird spider of tropical America
has a body four and onc-half inches. The
circle of the ties of the legs has a diane
Ter of seven inches. Ii is So named be
cause il builds its nests to capture small
birds, lizards, and reptiles The nests
usual contain 800 to 1000 c"gS
The new Reitz alloy. the patented pro-
duction of German chemist. is Il bronze
for which remarkable durability and re-
sistancc 10 all acids are claimed, pro
longcd exposure 10 concentrated muriatiC
acid having caused less than half the loss
sustained 10y any other alloy. and other
tests having been equally successful.
Chemists are hard at work in the
French Antilles pcrfecting processes for
making alcohol from sweet potatoes.
Four gallons of alcohol can be made from
92j pounds Of sweet potatoes. Portions
of the pine lands of the Southern States
and part of New Jersey are well adap-
ted to the growing Of the sweet potato.
While agrcccin" in general with the
theory that comet. have their origin be
yOnd the limits If the solar system, Pro
fessor Daniel Kirbwood finds proof that
some Of those of short period are minor
planets whose orbits in the aStcrod zone
have been changed through the pcrtub
ing influence of the larger planets. The
third comet of 1884. Tor instance, seems
to have been drawn from the asteroids by
Jupiter in May, 1873.
Considerable deposits of petroleum
have been found upon the Egyptian coast
of the Red Sea. The fOreShOre is formed
Of recent coral, underlying which is an
older limestone. perhaps of secondary
age. Upon piercing the recent coral to
the level of the sea. the petroleum,
mingled with water. flows into the cavi-
ty. 1t is cOnjectured that the source of
the material which has lost its volatile
constituents is the older limestone be
low.
Every one knows that the sea has
larger animals than can he found on land;
but with the enormous sequoias of Cali
fornia i'll mind. many may be surprised
to learn of vegetable growth in the ocean
vastly exceeding in length, though not
in bulk, these giants of the forest. Re
Gently the ship Clever, commanded by
Captain John Stone, arrived at Monte
vide0 with portion of seaweed which
had been picked up in the Atlantic near
the equator. The sailors perceived an
Object floating on the surface some dis
lance from the ship, and, manning boat,
they rowed to ii, and ascertained that it
was an alga of enormous size. On meas
uring it, it was found to have n length
upward of fifteen hundred feet.
OF the present destroyers of the In
dams, according to DIR. Washington
Matthews, the chief is consumption.
Census returns show that, while the death
rate among Europeans is 17.74 per thou
sand, and that among Africans is 1928,
the rate among the indians is no less than
4.6; and that, while among the whites
l66 deaths in thousand are from con-
sumption, and among the negroes 1856,
there are 2S6 among the Indians. The
influence of civilization has greatly in
creased the consumption rate among the
lndians-the effect seeming to he partly
due to change of diet, and partly to
MOI l.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30

"A fashion note says: Bangles are not
out Oh style, and there is much that is
1 new and interesting in them"-the girls,
Ior instance. Rosion p,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30

An interstate telegraph bill is the next thin.
promised by congress. Lord, how much this
world j. governed,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30

Rev. F. AsBURY Howell, Pastor Of the NJ f..
Church, Of SdCcrton, y. j., says: al was ST
fiicted with catarrh and indigestion. Boils n 4
blotches began TO arise on the surface of .
skin, and | experienced n tired feeling ani
dizziness. began the use Of DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery as directed hy
Ia for loi ntc in 4
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30
Liver, BLOOD And LUNG DISEASES.
GENERAL !
DEBILITY. /

Medical Discover,
ailments and l 60
say a word in rel
has proven itself
1t has been used
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30
LIVER
DISEASE
1.-THE BLOOD IS THE Lift :. -

OF PkyceGo
nc
Ukers
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30


time began to feel like
The Pleasant Prgltive Pellets the
sick headache. tgtness about the chest
mouth that have ever used My wife could not walk the
floor when She began to take Golden Medical
walk quite little ways, light work"
Mrs. IDA VI. STRONG. of AinsirOYth, Ind. writes:
hip .,tnNI My little troubled
II ' ~S' l disease for When he commenced
II HlcElcc / of Golden Medical Discovery
uiornSc 1 Pellets he confined bed, and
not be moved without suffering great pain.
thanks Discovery he able all
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30

Dyspepsia
MINI, writes: "
heartily and grow
sour stomach, an
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30

covering tie whole of the lower limbs from feet
attacked the elbows and became as to PROSTATE her
commenced the of the medicine named above She
began well thinks
the medicine has saved her life prolonged days.
Mr. A. AYREs Market County, Nd
vouches for the above facts
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30

and walk with the help OF cruchs He does suffer
pain and eat and sleep well 1t has only be
about three months since he commenced using edc
find words which express gratitude
benefit he has received through yOu.'
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-04-30
| KlP-JoIHT
| DISEASE.


p1pse Of shoines
he andwa tot hoerd below us
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-02

alties of the future in the hands OF
God himself; but what force have
these considerations, with the con-
scienceless villain who laughs at
the idea of a God and seeks only
sordid gain.
To enforce the moral obligations
OF social life, God has organized
men into society and authorizes
the enactment and enforcement
of laws for the protection of the
weak against the outrages of the
cruel and the strong. These laws
have penalties that touch the prop
erty and person of the offender,
and when vigorously applied,
prove an effective restraint, even
upon those who fear not God.
The temperance question is one
OF the moral questions of social
life, and will never be properly
settled till civil law shall forbid
murder for gain as fully as for any
other cause. May God hasten the
time when Christian men shall no
longer allow themselves to be
made partners in this legalized
murder, that the revenues of the
state and nation may be swelled
from the price of ruined homes
and broken hearts.
D. M. SLEETH.
Cairo w. Va.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-02
The Introduction Fetch.

have just read chat no one is
introduced in England (where
guests are assembled by invitation
for, as the roof is considered suf-
ficient guaranty of every ore's
respectability, every one begins to
talk" Introductions are the fetch
Of our church sociability. Deacon
B. does not like to speak to
the stranger in church because he
has not been introduced, and 80
the poor soul who has no one to
perform that service where all are
strangers, goes out uncheered and
chilled, and, unless he is very de-
termined to cast in his lot with this
peculiar people, never shows his
face again. Young Smith cannot
accost young Jones in the church
porch because he has not been pre-
sented to him in due form, and he
too goes out to find some place, and
often a harmful one, where well
come takes the place of indiffer
ence or formality. In the church
social, of which the root idea is
that those who are, as it were
at home, shall look out for and
greet those who are new, Miss
Blank standing by the side of some
unknown, keeps awkward silence,
or seeks some one to pronounce
the cabalistic words which make
it right and proper for her to re.
lieve another's loneless. In this re-
spect do let US be $50 English, you
know" 1t would be good FORM"
for you will find cultivated and
travelled Americans following the
custom of we'll bred people abroad.
1t would be a reform in the d.
rection of forgetting self and try
ing to add to another's pleasure, and
it would certainly be relief to the
watchful hostess who is always dis
tressed to SEQ silent guests.-Ad-
Vd4lce.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-02
Skaters Asthmatic Match.

Skaters Asthmaac Match will relieve
and cure Asthma, Catarrh, Bronchitis and
Whooping Cough.
When DR.. Shafef Was himself almo3s dead
from years of suffering with Asthma,
Bronchitis and Catarrh, he at length dis
covered a remedy which has done Ion him
wonders, having had but one attaca In 10
months whereas he formerly had one and
two every month
Others who have used his remedy testify
of its value. Heis now manufacturing the
medicines and offers them to the sufferers
from these diseases.
Send Sl.00 by register or postal order TO DR..
W. p. Shafer, BoN9l2, Parkersburg,'W.V Va,
and get IL boxegof this valuable remedy by
express, AS matches are not admittedthrough
the mail. Please send name of your nearest
express office.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-19

lantry and where his brigade was the last
ORGANIZED command 10 leave the field. In
October. 1862 he embarked at night
with 300 picked men in ffty-two boats
Floated down the Tennessee River past
Lookout Mountain along seven miles of the
Confederate picket-line and seized a position
which opened communication with Chicka-
manga and decided the fate of Chattanooga.
In the battle of Mission Ridge his brigade
was among the first to reach the crest where
it captured eighteen pieces OF artillery
and many prisoners. After that time and
until March, 1864, General Hazen was en-
esged in marching, countermarchiDg and
diminishing in East Tennessee. On the
I74h of August he was transferred
to the Army of the Tennessee
and placed in command OF the Second
Division OF the Fifteenth Army Corps. His
division took part in the Georgia campaign,
and was engaged with the enemy at States
boro, ,On the Oconee River, and again at the
CanDGuchee River. In December, after
the arrival OF General. Sherman be-
fore Savannah, it became necessary for
him to open communication in some way
with the sea in order to obtain much-Deeded
supplies. For the accomplishment OF this
purpose General Hazen's division was sent,
on the 1S,Of that month, to. capture Fort
McAllister, which commanded the river and
snlet through which General Sherman
hoped to get supplies. Nine regiments,
under General HaZen's command, advanced
10 the charge, stormed the fort in less than
five minutes and captured twenty-four
pieces of ordnance and the entire garrison,
TINS Opering way to the sea. General Ha-
zen was appointed and confirmed Major.
General TO date from the capture of Fort
McEllister, and on the 19sh
day of May, 1865, was appointed
by the President te command the Fifteenth
Army Corps on account of long-continued
service of the highest character and for
apaoial val laOtPv He pOun od GOl0-
mel of the Thirty-eighth Regular Infantry
and afterward of the Sixty-eigthJh. aud
during the Russo-Turkish war in 1875 and
1877 he was Un ted States military attache
at Vienna. On the 18th of December, 1880,
be was appointed chief ST gnal officer with
position he continued to hold until his
death
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-19
Constitutional Catarrh.

No single disease has entailed more suffering
or fastened the breaking up OF the constitution
Than Catarrh. The sense of smell, OF taste, Of
sight, of hearing. the human voice, the mind
one or more, and sometimes all, yield to its de-
structiye influence. The poison it distributes
throughout the system attacks every vital force,
and breaks up the most robust of constitutions.
Ignored. because but little understood. by most
PHYSICIANS, impOtently ssssiled by quseks and
chlrIatans those suffering from IL have little
hope TO be relieved OF 1t this side of the grave. IL
is time. then, that the popular treatment OF this
terrible diGeaEe by remedies within the reach OF
All passed into hands at once competent and
truefwOrthT. The new and hitherto untried method
ed0Ited Oy DR.. Sanford in the preparation OF his
Radical Cure has the hearty approval OF
Thousands 1t is instantaneous in affOrding
Lief IN al head colds, sneezing, snuhiing and OBJ
stTueied breathing and,rapidly removes the most
oppressive symptOms, clearing the head, sweeten-
ing tne breath, restoring the senses Of smell. tas
and bearing, and neutrslizing the constitutional
tendency OF the disease toward the lungs liver
and Kidneys
sanford's Rodfcal Cure consists of bottle OF
the Radical CCre. one box of Catarrhal Solvent,
and Improved inhaler: price, ST..
PoTrER DRUG & CHEMICAL Co. Boston.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-19
Elsewhere.

EAST LIBERTY, Jan Cattle-Reoeipts, 2,l47
head: shipments, l OBS head. Market DUH and log
l5c off from sst week prices.
Hogr-Receipts, 1900 hesd; shipments. 6'5OO
head. Market low; Philadelphia, 81 90S5; workers.
sheep~Receipts $500 head; shipments. 4.2OO
head Market dull aud strong and 2oc Oh from
last weeks prices.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. H. The Live Stock Indi
CSttIeTReceipts, 5s5 head shipments. none.
Market steady: good cows strong and shade
higher; good TO choice shipping, s. 1904 Sd; com
mon 70 medium. So SOFA. stockers, " 6092 10;
feeding steers, SS@3 90; COWS, a 5093 20.
HoIs-Receipts b,334 head; shipments, ,3A
head Market firm and SC higher; good to choice,
"a 5O04 65; common TO medium, 81 1894 40.
Sheep-Receipts, LILY head shipments l5f
head. Coco sheep steady, common dull good 70
choice, S3@3 co; common TO medium, S292 20.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-Beeves-Receipt 3, e9O
head makingi1 900 for the week arrivals included
$50 carloads to be sold, 90 carloads for the
export trade and 43 carloads for city trade,
lower; common to extra steers sold at 81 2O95 40
end carload of fancy do, at S. 20; bulls am dry
COWS atS2 5o@3 co.
sheep-Receipts, 17,1o0 head, making a, 400 for
the week. Extremely duh and &c per pound
lower for ali grades, except choice common 70
choice sold az s495 20 per 100 lbs, carload Oh
wethers at Sc 05 and common TO extra lambs ~
Hogs-Receip,s 1920 head, making 47.12O for
the week Not much trading In live hogs nom
inAlly steady at s5@5 80
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE Droven' Journal 70
SCattle-Receipts. 10000 head: shipments, 5000
head Market weak and 50110c lower; shipping
steers, $50 TO 1860 lbs IS sV@o w btSekeEa ano
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-19
COMMERCIAL.

Merchants are welt pleased with the busine
situation, staple articles evidently on more
solid foundation of value than at the commence
more free, while speculative dealings continue
large. Sugars and canned goods are very firm.
In the foreign fruit market there are no new
features of interest 20 report. Choice grades OF
butter sch closely. The egg market has under
gone no important change. A moderate demand
prevails for poultry at advanced quotations.
Drugs and oils steady. Hides and leather I'M
changed.
Wheat-An grades in active request at higher
prices; receipts not sufficient for local consump-
ton, Market at Chicsgo steady with little change
from Saturday. New York is firm and higher.
Corn-Loeal prices we'll maintained with good
demand for cash offerings. Receipts only fair.
Futures are weaker and May held at Sss4 regular.
Markets at other points are quiet and lower.
After call sac track was bid for No. white held
ats71Sc track or T. o. b. and S61ac track WaS bid
for No. white.
0ats-All grades steady with fair local inquiries.
Rye-HominaL.
Bran-Steady and a shade higher.
Haydn good demand. Light receipts. Prices
firm.
Flour-Pstents, 81 1Oq4 25; extra fancy, g 500
s IS; fancy So 4O9S 5O choice 50 1903 %; family,
81 6Og2 u.s. treble extra 81 2592 30; double extra,
& O0G2 Is; extra, 81 S592 90; superdne, 81 IS;
he price 10 wagons, or by wagon load, Is:
| For wheat % less thsn the prices quoted below
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-19

Pacific 81 A. G. cash, ny; Satin Berber, l2x
Manchester ~ cash, 101a' Manchester q DeB.,
l0h; Atlantic alpacas, 90; Atlantic G. L. cash.,
10; Atantle f. ess1. y; Arlington q gray cash
LAxNs.-oxfoTd lawns, 81: Pacific Lattis lawns,
-; Pacific Organizes, H. Gamers Batiste 101s;
Merrimac Batiste. 10
GINGHAMs.-Amoskeag, * Lancaster. TX:
Ca Ba SpsASS Szs 1or So I. White Mang
Berkshire, 81; Eormandie, SO: Royal 8; Rem.
treI. dress, SO; johnson bnk foil, 101S.
Brown CoTToNs--Atlentic A, 2; Atlantic B, ga;
Z; COnestoga W, G; Peppereii r, 81 PeppereiI F.
q Peppereil 81, l6; Pepperell 16-l IS: Bedford r,
"a HIS ~; Yardstiok, 6; fremont G, 5H;
Massachusetts BIB 81: windSor II. 81. .'O' a. o.
BtEACHED CoTToEs.-AndrOscoggin l., TX;
Lonsdale, 81; Balsrdvale, 81; Wamsutta, IL:
Hope, ~; Fitehville e1S; PeppereIi 81 IS; PES
perell 1914, 20; Barker Mills ~; Farweii, ~:
MasonVllle, q fruit OF the Loom, 81; Farmen'
choice, 6h; Dwight Anchor, 81; POcahontas, 81;
ont, a.
PIAIDs AND CHEv1oS.-Amoskese. SJS; Amos.
keag fancy, 9k:Dates. s7S; Otis, B B., S; Park Minis
90 check, 121S Park Mills' so check, Is; EconoIn7
Check, -; Otis check, 9; Tuscarora, a; Gran
ieyie, ~; Alabama plaids, Louisville plRids, n;
Ottawa plaids. s; Edinburg eheyiots, 9; Everett
"a; Hamilton stripes. 10; Riverside, -
DENAs-Ous A A, IL; Otis, B 3, 10; Otis @
O, 0; Amokkeag, Il. Everett, l2h. Hsymaker. 8:
ostisnd 4. y; coinm ban II I 3Gf Boa iaaey
1015: Conestogs, B 4 Is; COnestoga extra, II;
Conestoga, @ c A, IL; Lewiston. Sc. l31S: Lewis,
ton. 50, ~; Lewiston so, 1o1s; OAKLAND, A, 4;
GRAIN BAes-American. Is; Franklinville. III:
Stark, A, NJ; Harmony, l515; Granger, IS; Lew
tston, is; Georgia, A, Is; saeO, 1S}z.
Wick 20; CoyeIlet Chain, 20; No. 500 Cotton; Yarn,
10; Twine. 20.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-19
VIEWS OF AN ARMY OFFICER.
He Severely CritIctses the PubIs School
System OF the Country.


NEw YORK, Jan. 16.-General James B.
Frye, of the regular army, expressed his
views freely yesterday afternoon before the
Military Service Institute, on Governors
Island. The subject was compulsory edu-
cation in the United States army. Inc views
expressed in his paper as read caused quite
sensation among the large number of promi-
nent people who attended. and also provoked
much criticism. He criticised the public
school system, and said that it could hardly
be clsimed tbst the selection of men as law
n sjleIs proved that the public school
system mad done anything to improve voters
or to purify the franchise. Tgeedism,
which amazed people twenty years ago, has
grown with the public schools. The schools
are maintained at en enormous cost TO pre-
vent corruption. The speaker characterized
the public schools as g species of compulsory
charity He asked: Can the effects of this
system be removed, or should it be abol-
ishedP' Then the speaker argued against
the introduction of compulsory education
in the army. He held that general education
was not function to the Government. "An
enterprises belonging to the individual must
fail when assumed by the State. The con-
clusion is inevitable that the system should
be abolished"
He said that the fundamental error seemed
to be in supposing that education, in this
city at least, is a matter of construction. It
belongs 10 the individual not to Govern
ment architects and engineers.
General Frye went on to say that before a
man could be admitted to the military
81 fVice as an officer he must be examined in
the elementary branches to prove that be is
capable of special service. He drew a COM
paTison between the volunteer service of
this country end the forced service Of Eu-
ropean countries, and argued that it would
be better to force men who had the rudi-
ments Of education into the army than to
accept the enlistment of ignorant men, too
dense to learn, and compel them to study
the elementry parts of education. He advO-
Gated higher pay to private soldiers to secure
q better class of men.